10 years? Hardly. That would put it back at XP. OSX at least has some form of ASLR. I think the difference is that OSX patching is as abd as it was 10 years ago when MS was so slow to patch. BSD has a sandbox framework. Developers should use it.

Summary: Kaspersky Lab is analyzing Mac OS X after a spate of malware attacks hit the operating system, according to a clarified statement from the security firm’s CTO.

Update (13:05): Kaspersky Lab issued a statement a short time ago “clarifying” a few points in the original Computing piece. The update, reported by Engadget, notes the comments were taken out of context. We’ve all been there; it happens.

Kaspersky’s chief technology officer Nikolai Grebennikov said the security company had conducted an “in-depth analysis” of Mac OS X vulnerabilities after a recent increase in malware attacks on the platform.